Welcome to year 9 Science. Here you will find important information including the syllabus, safety contract, and the link to the Shared 9th Grade Science Folder
shared folder here
June 30: The quiz and work for today will appear on our google classroom at 10:55am.
June 28th: Good day all. Today is your last class period to complete both your health drink report and your health drink IA. Below you will find the checklist for both:
1. Health Drink report: read the outline below and make sure your report is 1 page minimum and 2 page maximum report which includes:
a. the accurate nutritional information
b. the accurate ingredients
c. your marketing twist
d. the justification of the ingredients eg. if you choose to include 20g of protein why did you do so? what are proteins and why does the body need them?
2. Health Drink mini IA: Remember just like the static electricity mini IA you need to create an experiment to test if your health drink does what you claim it does. eg. health drink can make you jump higher. for this part you need to include:
a. Introduction: Starting general and becoming specific to your drink
b. Research question: How does the affect the in . eg: How does the "big jump" health drink affect the height (in cm) that 15 year old boys and girls can jump straight up.
c.Methods: clear enough so the experiment can be repeated but simple and concise
d. Results
e. Discussion and conclusion: How does your data relate to your RQ?
f. Analysis: What went well, what could you do next time to improve the accuracy of your results?
June 26th: Good day all,
remember today I am at Earth, you will be with Miss Kerry working to finish your health drink report along with your IA. Friday will be your quiz and it will be in the new google classroom so be sure to accept my invitation sent to your La Paz gmail account.
You have 3 periods left to finish everything so do not waste any time today.
Bee good, mr Sean
Introduction
RQ - Research Question
Methods - procedures involved
Results (data)
Discussion/conclusion (analysis of your data and your results...what surprised you, what was accurate, what do you conclude)
Analysis/Evaluation (what went well, what you would do differently next time, etc.)
June 22 and 23: Today I am out. You will be working on your health drink and mini IA. You have 4 periods left to complete the work so make sure you make the most of your time.
At this point the report should be completed. Read the outline again to make sure you have covered all requirements.
keep both the report and the mini IA to a 2 page maximum
bee good
June 21:We are working on both the health drink report and the associated mini IA
Check your google classroom for all the details
June 16: Today Miss Erika is with you, you'll be staying in the room for this period.
You are to continue with you drink design and ingredient justification. By the end of the period you should have your ingredients and nutritional information numbers completed along with the justification for each ingredient.
Remember to be creative and concise, everything in your own words.
My example:
Drink name: 'Call on me"
Use: General health drink supplement for a active healthy lifestyle. When in need of protein 'call on me', when in need of carbs (sugars) 'call on me'
get it? Fun eh? no stealing my idea
Ingredients: Black Beans + ...........
Protein: Proteins are found in foods like ............. Proteins are made up of _ _ _ _ _/ _ _ _ _ _. They are essential in the human body because
Bee good, bee creative, work hard and have fun. I'll be checking in with miss erika about who did what
June 14: Today we continue on the design of your health drink. There will also be a quiz on the content of this ppt on June 30th.
Greetings: As you know I am away this week. Below you will find the work for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Today is Wednesday
Friday June 2nd: See below for Wednesday and Thursday:
For Friday and weekend homework. If you have to finish your video, please so so, if not you can complete this introductory VL on nutrition which we will be discussing next week. The journal questions are HOMEWORK for MONDAY if you do not get them done in class.
If this link does not work. Individual you are to write a one page info sheet that can be placed on a kitchen wall that helps people make informed food choices. Your info sheet should outline what carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and are and list and briefly explain the biology as to why each are essential to the human body and health in general.
Wednesday May 31 and Thursday June 1st: Good day food battery team. Today and tomorrow you will be finishing your food battery setup, testing and educational video.
Remember
1. we will be sharing these with the school so put in a super bien effort.
2. That the main outcome of the educational video is the understanding of how a food battery (electrochemistry) works.
3. Your target audience are not chemists, they are the general public with limited understanding of the topic so be sure to be clear and concise in your word choice, if you can't follow what you are saying then neither will the audience
4. Be creative, have fun, collaborate on understanding with other groups if you are unsure of any aspect
May 21: Remember I am away for a few days during which time you will be designing, testing and completing your food batteries.
Remember, you are going to make a short video to explain what electrochemisty is and demonstrate it and your understanding with the construction of a food battery.
Here is the general rubric we will use, from the video and the script we will be able to see the variations you included as well as the successful function of the bulb, speaker and motor and your max voltage output. good luck, have fun, our final class period for this will be Friday when I return.
You will be building a food battery with the goal of making a speaker, lamp and motor run. There will be a prize for the group who can create the most powerful battery, below is a link to get you started.
You should spend today discussing possible design and planning. You must plan for at least 3 variations to the circuit (parallel, size of power source, components). You can bring in additional items from home to improve your design. Next week we will build, document, and test each of your designs. You should be able to design and test at least 3 variations. The only rules are that you can not use things that are already manufactured as batteries (no solar panels, no alkaline or Lithium batteries). BE SURE TO CAREFULLY AND COMPLETELY DOCUMENT ALL THE DESIGNS YOU CREATE!
May 12: Electricity test on Wednesday 17.
Remember to read the following 4 documents, recall the formulas and refresh your understanding of static electricity
Homework for Monday: Complete the following problem set for Monday
March 14: For each of the chosen immune system topics:
1. Non specific external barriers, view the ppt below for guidance. Be sure to explain in detail a few of the defenses and the biology behind how it works, ie why would mucous deter pathogens?
2. Non specific internal barriers, this is called the innate immune response, make sure you outline
the cells involved and how they function (phagocytes, macrophages, any that you consider essential in the understanding of how this immune response functions, be sure that you use vocabulary appropriate to our level)
outline the idea of the body being able to recognize self versus non self
3. Specific internal defenses, this is called the adaptive immune response:
b cells, t cells, antigens and antibodies
memory cells and how cells learn to recognize and retain their ability to recognize invaders
This topic will require careful explanation, be very clear and use appropriate vocabulary
4. Antibiotic resistance
March 6: Immune response: You now have your groups so you can begin on your presentations (mini lesson) You can use the following powerpoints to give you some ideas where to start. We will begins presentations a week from monday.
February 27:open the history of vaccines website below and click on 'the scientific method' section. Make your way through each section of the scientific method following the work of a epidemiologist to investigate a disease outbreak. As a reporter for a newspaper you are to write a report of the events that take place and the process the epidemiologist follows. The report should be at least 1 page.
February 18: Homework for Wednesday: Read the following facts and myths page on vaccines. Make a true and false questionnaire from the myths and facts and ask 3 adults the 10 questions
i.e. True or False Better hygiene and sanitation will make diseases disappear – vaccines are not necessary.
Read the questions and record ALL their answers BEFORE letting them know if their answer was accurate or not. This way they will not use what they learned in question one to alter their answer for question 2. Read in a calm and clear tone and offer no indications of whether or not their answer is accurate, you must be robotic in the way you ask the questions, that is the only way to get an honest response.
February 11: Next week we will be starting our human physiology unit.
Homework for Tuesday: Read the article on soil health and biology. Make summary point of the seven sections. They may be point form but they must be in your own words
February 3: Will we be looking at hormones and how they control growth and behavior in the coming term. Watch a few minutes of this video as a great example of how hormones can influence our behavior
January 23: Miss Cat will be with you today. The following is to be done individually on graph paper and put in your science books (graph paper is on the front desk). The graph is worth 4 marks. 1. Proper labels and appropriate axis intervals 2. Correct data points 3. Accurate neat curve 4. Correct values found for Q 1.
January 11: Homework for Monday:
1. what causes a red tide
2. what is the 'carbon:nutrient balance hypothesis'
3. why is the 'carbon:nutrient balance hypothesis important to understand in managing red tide events
January 1: Happy new year. This week we will be designing our transpiration labs and working on our gardens. Read the following article about evapotranspiration and think about how the 4 factors affecting evapotranspiration could influence garden design (write a paragraph summary of the article including the factors)
November 28: Today we added Carbon to our seed bags. Research and write 3 sentences as to why we did this, is it helpful for the seed to germinate or grow?
25: H/w for Monday. Write a paragraph to explain what Transpiration in plant is and how you think this information will be helpful in making your garden a success.
November 18: Quiz day. Next week we will be looking at bonding and more garden chemistry. For H/W (Wednesday) view the following site, read and write a summary paragraph of the Nitrogen cycle. We may need this information in the coming months to maximize our garden plots.
November 11: We have begun our mini farm to table gardens. This week we will continue to germinate, plant and organize. Though you can choose which crops to grow, we will all be growing some basil. It will be important to know if our growing conditions are deficient in any nutrients. Read the following article and make a chart of the visible symptoms in your book for each of the 8 nutrients (Due Thursday). We will make weather-proof group copy later in the week to put in our gardens for reference.
QUIZ Tuesday: Bohr Models and electron configuration
November 4: This week we will continue talking about electron configuration. We will also be starting our herb garden. Basil is one thing we will be growing, for H/W write a paragraph to discuss the best practices of starting basil from seeds and transferring them to the garden plots.
November 2: More Basic Chemistry: The Bohr model and electron configuration
September 30: Day trip to ROW. Super day and super well done class, you should be proud of yourselves for all your hard work. I received a note from Matt this evening saying again that you are one of the best groups he has ever had. Though you all worked hard, a special kudos goes out to Bernabe and Rochelle. More photos to come from our dedicated photographers Olivia and Alexa.
Homework for Monday 3rd. Complete the following virtual lab on water safety. Create a google doc for the journal questions and table. I will also be collecting your books this coming week so make sure your work is up to date.
September 26: Completed the lab design for Wednesdays water quality test.
September23: Thanks to the visiting swam of warrior wasps today we had a discussion about eusocial insects. Monday we will continue our safe water experiment design. H/W for Monday write a definition of the following in your own words and find 2 examples of each.
Eusocial organisms
Pathogens
Indicator Species
also write a brief response to 'Why would excess fertilizer runoff be an issue for rivers and streams?'
September: 22: Continue working on your safe drinking water lab design, tomorrow we conduct the experiment. Remember to include a introduction, method, results, discussion and conclusion section.
September 21: What factors should we be measuring to determine water quality? Design a lab to investigate the qualities of a water sample
September 19: Six factors affecting water quality activity
Homework for Monday the 17th: Finish your short paragraph response to the question 'why is the food producer Knorr asking consumers to eat less water?' Also, write a definition for GREY WATER and give 2 examples of its use.
September: The water cycle and how our actions are disrupting the cycle
September 14: Sustainability and Water management, how do we judge the overall sustainability of an action by balancing the 3 pillars of sustainability. The water cycle and our actions that disrupt the cycle.
HOMEWORK: Define the following terms in your own words
1) Watershed
2) Water Quality
3) Erosion
4) Sedimentation
5) Groundwater
September 12: Began our discussion on the 3 pillars to sustainability.
September 8: Presentations over, super job.
Today we begin our next topic of sustainability. H/W: Create a definition of sustainability and come up with and explain 2 sustainable practices.
Wednesday August 31: Today we used the example of: Feeding my dog to help guide us through our presentations. Remember to use the guiding questions in the outline to help you organize your work and create your slides. This will be your homework for today and tomorrow in preparation for presentations starting on Monday.
Monday 29 August: Today we looked at a few examples of the science of our daily lives including, the art of sock folding, soccer, closing and opening the curtains, washing the dishes and writing.
Homework for Wednesday: Read the class outline and get the safety sheet signed (top), read the Science and Self Inquiry instructions below and choose 3 potential activities which you are going to use for your presentation.
Smurray@lapazschool.org
Welcome to year 9 Science. Here you will find important information including the syllabus, safety contract, and the link to the Shared 9th Grade Science Folder
shared folder here
June 30: The quiz and work for today will appear on our google classroom at 10:55am.
June 28th: Good day all. Today is your last class period to complete both your health drink report and your health drink IA. Below you will find the checklist for both:
1. Health Drink report: read the outline below and make sure your report is 1 page minimum and 2 page maximum report which includes:
a. the accurate nutritional information
b. the accurate ingredients
c. your marketing twist
d. the justification of the ingredients eg. if you choose to include 20g of protein why did you do so? what are proteins and why does the body need them?
2. Health Drink mini IA: Remember just like the static electricity mini IA you need to create an experiment to test if your health drink does what you claim it does. eg. health drink can make you jump higher. for this part you need to include:
a. Introduction: Starting general and becoming specific to your drink
b. Research question: How does the affect the in . eg: How does the "big jump" health drink affect the height (in cm) that 15 year old boys and girls can jump straight up.
c.Methods: clear enough so the experiment can be repeated but simple and concise
d. Results
e. Discussion and conclusion: How does your data relate to your RQ?
f. Analysis: What went well, what could you do next time to improve the accuracy of your results?
June 26th: Good day all,
remember today I am at Earth, you will be with Miss Kerry working to finish your health drink report along with your IA. Friday will be your quiz and it will be in the new google classroom so be sure to accept my invitation sent to your La Paz gmail account.
You have 3 periods left to finish everything so do not waste any time today.
Bee good, mr Sean
Introduction
RQ - Research Question
Methods - procedures involved
Results (data)
Discussion/conclusion (analysis of your data and your results...what surprised you, what was accurate, what do you conclude)
Analysis/Evaluation (what went well, what you would do differently next time, etc.)
June 22 and 23: Today I am out. You will be working on your health drink and mini IA. You have 4 periods left to complete the work so make sure you make the most of your time.
At this point the report should be completed. Read the outline again to make sure you have covered all requirements.
Remember your mini IA should follow the following
Introduction
RQ
Methods
Results
Discussion/conclusion
Analysis
keep both the report and the mini IA to a 2 page maximum
bee good
June 21:We are working on both the health drink report and the associated mini IA
Check your google classroom for all the details
June 16: Today Miss Erika is with you, you'll be staying in the room for this period.
You are to continue with you drink design and ingredient justification. By the end of the period you should have your ingredients and nutritional information numbers completed along with the justification for each ingredient.
Remember to be creative and concise, everything in your own words.
My example:
Drink name: 'Call on me"
Use: General health drink supplement for a active healthy lifestyle. When in need of protein 'call on me', when in need of carbs (sugars) 'call on me'
get it? Fun eh? no stealing my idea
Ingredients: Black Beans + ...........
Protein: Proteins are found in foods like ............. Proteins are made up of _ _ _ _ _/ _ _ _ _ _. They are essential in the human body because
Bee good, bee creative, work hard and have fun. I'll be checking in with miss erika about who did what
June 14: Today we continue on the design of your health drink. There will also be a quiz on the content of this ppt on June 30th.
June 12:
Today you will begin work on planning your recipes:
June 6th: Read over the following before Wednesday:
http://news.nationalpost.com/life/food-drink/the-salad-or-the-big-mac-why-the-calorie-in-calorie-out-argument-keeps-failing-us
Greetings: As you know I am away this week. Below you will find the work for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Today is Wednesday
Friday June 2nd: See below for Wednesday and Thursday:
For Friday and weekend homework. If you have to finish your video, please so so, if not you can complete this introductory VL on nutrition which we will be discussing next week. The journal questions are HOMEWORK for MONDAY if you do not get them done in class.
http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/virtual_labs_2K8/labs/BL_15/
If this link does not work. Individual you are to write a one page info sheet that can be placed on a kitchen wall that helps people make informed food choices. Your info sheet should outline what carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and are and list and briefly explain the biology as to why each are essential to the human body and health in general.
Wednesday May 31 and Thursday June 1st: Good day food battery team. Today and tomorrow you will be finishing your food battery setup, testing and educational video.
Remember
1. we will be sharing these with the school so put in a super bien effort.
2. That the main outcome of the educational video is the understanding of how a food battery (electrochemistry) works.
3. Your target audience are not chemists, they are the general public with limited understanding of the topic so be sure to be clear and concise in your word choice, if you can't follow what you are saying then neither will the audience
4. Be creative, have fun, collaborate on understanding with other groups if you are unsure of any aspect
May 21: Remember I am away for a few days during which time you will be designing, testing and completing your food batteries.
Remember, you are going to make a short video to explain what electrochemisty is and demonstrate it and your understanding with the construction of a food battery.
Here is the general rubric we will use, from the video and the script we will be able to see the variations you included as well as the successful function of the bulb, speaker and motor and your max voltage output. good luck, have fun, our final class period for this will be Friday when I return.
bee good
May 12th: Eco batteries and elecrtochemistry
Part 1 - What is Electrochemistry?
Today we will watch 2 brief videos
Part 2 - Building a Potato Battery
You will be building a food battery with the goal of making a speaker, lamp and motor run. There will be a prize for the group who can create the most powerful battery, below is a link to get you started.
https://www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/cub_energy2_lesson04_activity2
Part 3 - Building a Better Battery
You should spend today discussing possible design and planning. You must plan for at least 3 variations to the circuit (parallel, size of power source, components). You can bring in additional items from home to improve your design. Next week we will build, document, and test each of your designs. You should be able to design and test at least 3 variations. The only rules are that you can not use things that are already manufactured as batteries (no solar panels, no alkaline or Lithium batteries). BE SURE TO CAREFULLY AND COMPLETELY DOCUMENT ALL THE DESIGNS YOU CREATE!
May 12: Electricity test on Wednesday 17.
Remember to read the following 4 documents, recall the formulas and refresh your understanding of static electricity
Homework for Monday: Complete the following problem set for Monday
May 10: Series and Parallel:
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/circuit-construction-kit-dc
May 8: Series and parallel
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/circuit-construction-kit-dc
Homework for May 5: Finish your summary copy of each slide and do the questions on the last 2 slides.
tomorrow we will continue with the activity below
May 4: Power, current, voltage
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E14/E14.html
April 26: Static electricity activity
https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/balloons-and-static-electricity/latest/balloons-and-static-electricity_en.html
https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/john-travoltage/latest/john-travoltage_en.html
http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/static.html
April 20: Static electricity
March 20: Female reproductive system
http://www.123esaaf.com/Atlas/Reproductive_03.swf
March 15: Today more sex ed
March 14: For each of the chosen immune system topics:
1. Non specific external barriers, view the ppt below for guidance. Be sure to explain in detail a few of the defenses and the biology behind how it works, ie why would mucous deter pathogens?
2. Non specific internal barriers, this is called the innate immune response, make sure you outline
- the cells involved and how they function (phagocytes, macrophages, any that you consider essential in the understanding of how this immune response functions, be sure that you use vocabulary appropriate to our level)
- outline the idea of the body being able to recognize self versus non self
3. Specific internal defenses, this is called the adaptive immune response:This topic will require careful explanation, be very clear and use appropriate vocabulary
4. Antibiotic resistance
March 6: Immune response: You now have your groups so you can begin on your presentations (mini lesson) You can use the following powerpoints to give you some ideas where to start. We will begins presentations a week from monday.
February 27:open the history of vaccines website below and click on 'the scientific method' section. Make your way through each section of the scientific method following the work of a epidemiologist to investigate a disease outbreak. As a reporter for a newspaper you are to write a report of the events that take place and the process the epidemiologist follows. The report should be at least 1 page.
February 22:
http://www.historyofvaccines.org/timeline
February 21: Field Trip permission form
February 18: Homework for Wednesday: Read the following facts and myths page on vaccines. Make a true and false questionnaire from the myths and facts and ask 3 adults the 10 questions
i.e. True or False Better hygiene and sanitation will make diseases disappear – vaccines are not necessary.
Read the questions and record ALL their answers BEFORE letting them know if their answer was accurate or not. This way they will not use what they learned in question one to alter their answer for question 2. Read in a calm and clear tone and offer no indications of whether or not their answer is accurate, you must be robotic in the way you ask the questions, that is the only way to get an honest response.
http://www.who.int/features/qa/84/en/
February 15: Intro to physiology and vaccines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvprxzfsYQU
http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/scientific-method
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/easy-to-read/preteen-teen.html
February 11: Next week we will be starting our human physiology unit.
Homework for Tuesday: Read the article on soil health and biology. Make summary point of the seven sections. They may be point form but they must be in your own words
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detailfull/soils/health/biology/?cid=nrcs142p2_053868
February 3: Will we be looking at hormones and how they control growth and behavior in the coming term. Watch a few minutes of this video as a great example of how hormones can influence our behavior
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000004882589/ten-meter-tower.html?action=click>ype=vhs&version=vhs-heading&module=vhs®ion=title-area&cview=true&t=0
Homework for Monday
Read and make a paragraph summary of the following article up to Gibberellin, and include a drawing of your own to show how phototropism works.
http://www.untamedscience.com/biology/plants/plant-growth-hormones/
January 28: Some extra resources for quiz prep.
January 23: Miss Cat will be with you today. The following is to be done individually on graph paper and put in your science books (graph paper is on the front desk). The graph is worth 4 marks. 1. Proper labels and appropriate axis intervals 2. Correct data points 3. Accurate neat curve 4. Correct values found for Q 1.
Remember quiz Friday: Topics include, transpiration, evapo-transpiration, solubility, structure of water and our recent graphing examples
January 20: H/W for Tuesday.
January 20: Design a transpiration lab
eg. https://prezi.com/_wvvtiwm4ljt/transpiration-lab/
January 11: Homework for Monday:
1. what causes a red tide
2. what is the 'carbon:nutrient balance hypothesis'
3. why is the 'carbon:nutrient balance hypothesis important to understand in managing red tide events
http://www.realnatural.org/red-tides-connected-to-fertilizer-runoff/
Jan 05: Structure of water and solubility lab preparation.
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/PS15/PS15.html
January 1: Happy new year. This week we will be designing our transpiration labs and working on our gardens. Read the following article about evapotranspiration and think about how the 4 factors affecting evapotranspiration could influence garden design (write a paragraph summary of the article including the factors)
http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/8i.html
November 28: Today we added Carbon to our seed bags. Research and write 3 sentences as to why we did this, is it helpful for the seed to germinate or grow?
25: H/w for Monday. Write a paragraph to explain what Transpiration in plant is and how you think this information will be helpful in making your garden a success.
November 18: Quiz day. Next week we will be looking at bonding and more garden chemistry. For H/W (Wednesday) view the following site, read and write a summary paragraph of the Nitrogen cycle. We may need this information in the coming months to maximize our garden plots.
https://cals.arizona.edu/yavapai/anr/hort/byg/archive/nitrogencycling2010.html
November 11: We have begun our mini farm to table gardens. This week we will continue to germinate, plant and organize. Though you can choose which crops to grow, we will all be growing some basil. It will be important to know if our growing conditions are deficient in any nutrients. Read the following article and make a chart of the visible symptoms in your book for each of the 8 nutrients (Due Thursday). We will make weather-proof group copy later in the week to put in our gardens for reference.
QUIZ Tuesday: Bohr Models and electron configuration
November 4: This week we will continue talking about electron configuration. We will also be starting our herb garden. Basil is one thing we will be growing, for H/W write a paragraph to discuss the best practices of starting basil from seeds and transferring them to the garden plots.
November 2: More Basic Chemistry: The Bohr model and electron configuration
October 31: happy Halloween. Ms Erika will be with you today. Review the following PPT, do task one and make study notes on each slide.
October 29: complete the following atomic structure VL for monday (4 journal q's)
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E20/E20.html
September 20: Introduction to energy and chemistry.
September 19. Welcome back: Today we will be presenting out watershed models.
Don't forget to visit/like/share the ROW Asociacion Nandamojo facebook page, all those who do get a wee prize on Monday
https://www.facebook.com/RestoringOurWatershed/
September 30: Day trip to ROW. Super day and super well done class, you should be proud of yourselves for all your hard work. I received a note from Matt this evening saying again that you are one of the best groups he has ever had. Though you all worked hard, a special kudos goes out to Bernabe and Rochelle. More photos to come from our dedicated photographers Olivia and Alexa.
Homework for Monday 3rd. Complete the following virtual lab on water safety. Create a google doc for the journal questions and table. I will also be collecting your books this coming week so make sure your work is up to date.
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/CT04/CT04.html
September 29: Watershed Trip
September 28: Water test day
September 26: Completed the lab design for Wednesdays water quality test.
September23: Thanks to the visiting swam of warrior wasps today we had a discussion about eusocial insects. Monday we will continue our safe water experiment design. H/W for Monday write a definition of the following in your own words and find 2 examples of each.
Eusocial organisms
Pathogens
Indicator Species
also write a brief response to 'Why would excess fertilizer runoff be an issue for rivers and streams?'
September: 22: Continue working on your safe drinking water lab design, tomorrow we conduct the experiment. Remember to include a introduction, method, results, discussion and conclusion section.
September 21: What factors should we be measuring to determine water quality? Design a lab to investigate the qualities of a water sample
September 19: Six factors affecting water quality activity
TRIP TO ROW: September 30: Remember to bring a snack and money for lunch or bring a pack lunch.
Homework for Monday the 17th: Finish your short paragraph response to the question 'why is the food producer Knorr asking consumers to eat less water?' Also, write a definition for GREY WATER and give 2 examples of its use.
September: The water cycle and how our actions are disrupting the cycle
http://www.sustainablebrands.com/news_and_views/behavior_change/hannah_furlong/knorr_campaign_asks_consumers_eat_less_water
September 14: Sustainability and Water management, how do we judge the overall sustainability of an action by balancing the 3 pillars of sustainability. The water cycle and our actions that disrupt the cycle.
HOMEWORK: Define the following terms in your own words
1) Watershed
2) Water Quality
3) Erosion
4) Sedimentation
5) Groundwater
September 12: Began our discussion on the 3 pillars to sustainability.
September 8: Presentations over, super job.
Today we begin our next topic of sustainability. H/W: Create a definition of sustainability and come up with and explain 2 sustainable practices.
Wednesday August 31: Today we used the example of: Feeding my dog to help guide us through our presentations. Remember to use the guiding questions in the outline to help you organize your work and create your slides. This will be your homework for today and tomorrow in preparation for presentations starting on Monday.
Monday 29 August: Today we looked at a few examples of the science of our daily lives including, the art of sock folding, soccer, closing and opening the curtains, washing the dishes and writing.
Homework for Wednesday: Read the class outline and get the safety sheet signed (top), read the Science and Self Inquiry instructions below and choose 3 potential activities which you are going to use for your presentation.
Welcome to year 9 science.